Sleeper



April 8 1924. 1,489,445

C; A. KINNINGER SLEEPER Filed Fb. 28. 1925 Patented Apr. 8, 1924.

UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

CARL ANDREW KINNINGER, OF DAYTON, OHIQQSSIGNOR. 0F ONE-HALF T0 ARTHUR M. KIN'NINGER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

' SLEEPER.

Application filed February 28, 1923. Serial No. 621,732.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, CARL ANDREW KIN- NINGER, a citizen of the United States residing at Dayton, in the county of ontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleepers, of which the following is a specificatio'mreference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to sleepers.

It is the object of my invention to provide from a single piece of sheetmetal a sleeper which may have portions thereof embedded in concrete and other portions adapted to locate the sleeper with respect to the concrete and to attach the beam to the concrete and the sleeper.

It is a further object to provide a broad, rigid bearing and engaging surface for the sleeper. I

It is my object to provide a diagonally braced device having arms to be deep-1y embedded in the concrete and engaging members in engagement with the sides and bottom of the beams to'be'attached to the concrete.

' It is also my object to provide supporting wings to support the device on the fluid concrete and to prevent it rocking and twisting out of position.

It is an additional object to provide a device which may be made out of a single sheet without any waste of material, and which may be bent into the desired position by hands onthe job on which such said devices are to be used, 'thus economizing in packing, storing and the like, and the labor of formation at the factory where such articles are produced.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device before being bent into shape.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of the device having split ends bent into position. v

Fig. 3v is a perspective of the device without split ends but bent into position.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the device with corrugated ends for attachment to the cement base.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates a diagonally connecting member connecting the end members 2 and 3. These end members may be split along the lines i and 5 to form supplementary and dividing end members 6 and 7 It will be noted that this line of division indicated at 4. and 5 is within the ends of 1 so that both 2 and 6 and 3 and 7 are integrally connected to the connecting member 1 and through 1 interintegrally connected to the end members such as 2 and 3 and through 2 and 3 are integrally connected with l.

These cement retaining members are bent downwardly as in Figs. 2, 3, and The ends thereof may be curled as at -10 or corrugated as at 11.

The end members may have holes 12 punched therethrough to receive nails so that the sleepers may be nailed to beams.

It will also be observed that in case the end members are divided into an end member proper or a supplementary end member that the end member which is not bent up vertically will act as a support on the more or less fluidconcrete maintaining the device in position during the setting oper ation.

I do not desire to limit myself to the par ticular details as hereinbefore described,

suitable modification thereof for its practice.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a sleeper, a connecting member, .end

members, and depending material engaging members, said end members being made in two parts, one for engagement with a beam and the other for engagement with a supporting surface.

2. In a sleeper, a connecting member, end members at either end thereof, said end members being arranged-vertically, the connecting member horizontally and depend- -1ng material engaging members arranged.-

3. In a sleeper, a blank, a diagonally disposed connecting member, triangular shaped material engaging members on eith- 85 but comprehend wlthm my lnvention a *material engaging memberson either side thereof, end members at either end of the connecting member, said end members being divided into two halves;

5. In a-sleeper, a rectangular blank, a diagonally disposed connecting portion formed therein, rectangular end members vconnected -on either end thereof, and trilangular shaped depending material engaging members connected to the inside of said end members having the sloping side of the triangula-r members adjacent the side walls of the connecting member in the blank.

6. In a sleeper, a rectangular blank, a diagonally disposed connecting portion formed therein, rectangular end members connected on either end thereof, and triangular shaped depending mate-rial engaging members connected to the inside of said end members having the sloping side of the triangular members adjacent the side Walls ofthe connecting member in the blank, said end members being divided.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature.

CARL ANDREW KINNINGER. 

